Rain in Roorkee on Thursday increased farmers’ concerns after paddy harvested from fields was soaked before it could be fully dried and threshed. Farmers fear the wet crop could suffer damage and reduce their returns.
Several farmers had cut their paddy and left it in the fields to dry. The unexpected rain increased moisture in the harvested crop and made it more difficult to continue with the next stages of processing.
Risk to grain quality
After harvesting, paddy is generally dried before threshing. Farmers are concerned that prolonged moisture could affect the quality of the crop and change the colour of the grains.
Water has also collected in some fields, creating further difficulties for drying the harvested paddy. If the crop remains wet, threshing may be delayed and farmers may face additional costs while trying to protect and process it.
Farmers Ashok Saini, Preetam Kashyap and Narendra Chaudhary said cultivation expenses had already been rising. The rain has added to their concerns because the harvested crop was exposed in the fields when the weather changed.
The immediate concern for affected farmers is to dry the wet paddy and prevent further deterioration. The report does not provide an assessment of the total area affected or a confirmed figure for financial losses.
Conclusion
Rain has left cut paddy wet in Roorkee fields, raising the risk of lower grain quality, delayed threshing and higher costs for farmers. The extent of the losses remains unconfirmed.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. What happened to the paddy crop in Roorkee?
Rain soaked paddy that farmers had harvested and left in fields to dry.
Q. Why had farmers left the paddy in the fields?
They had left the harvested crop there for drying before threshing.
Q. How could the rain affect the grain?
Moisture may affect the paddy’s quality and create a risk of discoloured grains.
Q. What problem has waterlogging created?
Waterlogging may make it harder to dry the harvested crop and could delay threshing.
Q. Have the farmers’ total losses been confirmed?
No confirmed figure for the total area affected or financial losses is available in the report.
